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sent to England. 1 also purchased about one thousand 

 three hundred Aqueirres, and selected about two 

 hundred from the Montarcos. I likewise purchased, 

 in Spain, two hundred of the Escurial flock from the 

 mayoral, which were the only Escurials ever sent to 

 this country. I shipped, in 1809 and 1810, about 

 three thousand eight hundred and fifty to this coun- 

 try of the aforementioned flocks, being all which 1 

 purchased in Spain, and which were distributed as 

 follows: about one thousand five hundred to ~New 

 York; one thousand to Boston and Newburyport, 

 including three hundred and fifty which I sent to 

 be reserved for me ; the remainder were sent to 

 Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria, Norfolk, and 

 Richmond, and a small number to Wiscasset, Port- 

 land, and Portsmouth, as I was disposed to distribute 

 these valuable animals to every State which would be 

 likely to profit by the acquisition. Those I reserved 

 for myself were composed of about half Paulars, a 

 quarter Aqueirres, and the other fourth of Escurials, 

 Negrettis, and Montarcos, which I subsequently mixed 

 together. 



"There were sent, in the latter year (1810), by 

 others, about two thousand five hundred, composed 

 of Paulars, had of General Downie, Montarcos, 

 Aqueirres and Guadalupes. Part of those went to 

 New York, part to Boston. All those sheep were 

 Leonesa, transhumantes, and were of the prime flocks 

 of Spain. 



" I have been able to be thus minute in relation to 

 the Merinos in 1809 and 1810, as I was then Ameri- 

 can Consul at Lisbon, which was the port from which 

 they were all shipped, it being only about one hun- 

 dred miles to Badajos, and the nearest seaport to that 

 place." 



It was thus our peculiar good fortune at the period 

 of the final disruption, and dispersion to foreign lands 



